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Congratulations to Columbia chemistry professors Tristan
Lambert and Scott Snyder, who have been selected by the Afred P. Sloan
Foundation as recipients of 2010 Sloan Research Fellowships. Sloan
Fellowships recognize "the achievements of outstanding young scholars in
science, mathematics, economics and computer science ... and seek to stimulate
fundamental research by early-career scientists and scholars of outstanding
promise." According to the Foundation website, the two-year
fellowships are awarded yearly to 118 researchers in recognition of distinguished
performance and their unique potential to make substantial contributions to
their field.
Sloan Research Fellowships provide funding of $50K to be expended over a two-year period. The funds are awarded directly to the Fellow's institution and may be used by the Fellow for equipment, technical assistance, professional travel, trainee support, or any other activity directly related to their research.
You can learn more about the Sloan Foundation and its research award program on the Sloan Foundation website. More information about about the research programs of Professor's Lambert and Snyder can be found on their group websites (The Lambert Group and The Snyder Group)
The chemistry department congratulates Professor Ruben
Gonzalez on receiving a 2010 Lenfest Distinguished Faculty Award. Established
on a donation from trustee Gerry Lenfest (Law '58), the Lenfest award
recognizes faculty who demonstrate unusual merit in scholarship, university
citizenship, and professional involvement. The awards place particular emphasis
on the instruction and mentoring of undergraduate and graduate students.
Honored faculty members receive annual awards of $25,000 for a three-year
period. Four Columbia chemistry faculty have received Lenfest awards
since its inception in 2005.
More information about Professor Gonzalez and his work can be found here. Also see the CU website announcement.
Congratulations to Professor Tristan Lambert on receiving
a 2010 CAREER award from the National Science Foundation. The CAREER
(Early Career Development) Program is among the most prestigious NSF awards for
young faculty members who, according to the NSF program website,
"exemplify the role of teacher-scholars through outstanding research,
excellent education and the integration of education and research."
Professor Lambert's award is for his work on new catalytic reactions for
cyclopropanation and oxidative carbonylation. Additional information on
the work of Professor Lambert and his research group can be found on the group
website.
Congratulations to Columbia chemistry Professor George W.
Flynn, who has been honored as the recipient of the 2010 E. Bright Wilson Award
in Spectroscopy by the American Chemical Society (ACS). Professor Flynn's
research that is the focus of the award uses scanning tunneling microscopy
(STM) to create dramatic images of molecules adsorbed on surfaces. His
group studies the images to learn more about the fundamental properties of the
imaged molecular structures. Professor Flynn will be honored at the 239th
ACS national meeting in San Francisco, on Tuesday, March 23. You can read
more about the E. Bright Wilson Award in Spectroscopy in the January 18 issue
of C&E News (also online) and on the ACS website. The work of Professor Flynn's research group is also
described on his group website.